Review of Marie Antoinette

This is a brave retelling of the Marie Antoinette story, complete with American accents and an 80s soundtrack. The look of this movie is astounding. Wonderful scenery, cinematography and amazing costumes. It starts very well, detailing the absurdity of life in the palace with a deft touch and a great deal of satire. It then develops and we get a sense of tragedy on the young queen and you really feel for the predicament this young person has been put into. So far so good, however for me he movie takes a downturn in the second half. The fast paced but empty telling of the queens descent into partying and adultery is well told but far too long and repetitive. Overall it's an effective, mostly successful and certainly different telling of this story. Oh, and the score is beautiful but the 80s music? It didn't work for me and I found it distracting.